Tag: fundraising

#NCSEN: Is Dr. Evil advising the Mark Harris campaign?

Posted on January 1, 2014January 1, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Fans of the Austin Powers movies will remember Dr. Evil — the villain who promised to abort his plans to destroy the world if he was paid the *exorbitant* sum

#NCSEN: Thom Tillis’ biggest donor? Himself.

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Brant Clifton

State House Speaker Thom Tillis has been tooting his own horn about his fundraising prowess. ONE MILLION DOLLARS, his campaign web site trumpets. What he downplays is that about one-quarter

Thanks for volunteering. HERE’S YOUR BILL.

Posted on September 29, 2013September 29, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I’m hearing from quite a few NCGOP activists about some interesting mail they’ve received from NCGOP HQ in Raleigh: a bill seeking payment of “dues.” One activist, whose sole involvement

NCFEF: Ellmers posting weak fundraising numbers

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The NC Free Enterprise Foundation, a non-partisan pro-business group, has completed an analysis of third quarter fundraising for the state’s congressional candidates. Here’s what they found

NCGOP carrying ROMNEY across the finish line??????

Posted on August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s the bill of goods wonderboy super-scribe Rob Christensen is trying to sell us in the pages of The N&O: The North Carolina Republican delegation arrived

Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for

Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP’s election tactics

Posted on August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:

More on Ellmers campaign finances

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I got a nice note from Al Lytton, congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s chief of staff, this morning (while I was in church celebrating Easter): Brant,

Renee Ellmers: BROKE?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If Congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s campaign reporting is accurate, she raised NO MONEY in the last two quarter of 2011, and had no money on hand in her campaign committee treasury

Ellmers looking weak in congressional money chase

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The most recent round of campaign finance reports indicate a weak showing for North Carolina’s freshman U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn). Ellmers, representing the state’s Second District (which should include